title: Mycobacteriosis, Mycobacterium chelonae, in a captive yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis).
abstract: An adult yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) from a touch-tank exhibit developed a large abscess on the dorsal aspect of the calvarium and swollen soft tissue surrounding the left spiracle. A large amount of fluid exudate was drained from the abscess. Mycobacterium chelonae was diagnosed by cytology of the exudate and by polymerase chain reaction and sequencing. The animal was euthanized and disseminated mycobacteriosis was confirmed with histology.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Medicine Consortium and Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA.
authors.forename: Elsburgh O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dorn
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boone
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Risatti
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gilbert-Marcheterre
authors.forename: Craig A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Harms
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012860:Skates, Fish